Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  St. John Greer Ervine 

• Suíomh

  Kitchen of John Cairns' cottage, Co. Down<br> The afternoon of a day in July

• Achoimre

  A meditation on emigration through the thoughts of John Cairns, an elderly Ulster cobbler. When Robert McGrum, an old love rival of his from earlier times, returns from America extravagantly rich but desperately ill, Cairns chooses to interpret his physical sufferings as an indictment of American materialism. Cairns' son, on the other hand, fed up with the political bickering between Republicans and Orangemen and eager to move on with the rest of his life, emerges as an ideal candidate for emigration...

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Aon-ghníomh

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  1

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  12 October 1920

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Foinse Eolais

Information for this entry has come from the original company programme and from press reviews of the premiere production.